The United States in World War II - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

The United States in World War II. 1941-1945. Causes of WWII in Europe. 1. The rise of dictators: > Fascism: Mussolini takes control of Italy. A strong government controlled by a dictator. Very anti-communist, very nationalistic. > Communism: Stalin takes control of the USSR.

Copyright Complaint Adult Content Flag as Inappropriate

I am the owner, or an agent authorized to act on behalf of the owner, of the copyrighted work described.

Download Presentation

The United States in World War II

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation

Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author.While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server.

Most people did not want to go to war in Europe – they did not want to get into debt again, and they did not want to risk American lives in another war overseas.

In contrast, many thought that it was the United States’ responsibility to assist the Allies in Europe – Nazi Germany was committing atrocities across Europe, and many Americans felt the Germans needed to be stopped.

Britain was the only significant hold out. Because of the Miracle at Dunkirk, most of Britain’s army had been able to flee across the channel.

-> However, in June of 1940, the Germany Luftwaffe (air force) began to attack British shipping in the channel, then tried to destroy the British air force. This battle – which lasted 3 months – was called the Battle of Britain.

-> August 23, 1940: German Luftwaffe bombs London by accident. Britain responded by bombing Berlin.

This crossed a new line – now both sides were bombing residential areas. Germany wanted to “terrorize the British people into surrendering”.

Britain didn’t surrender, however. Instead, they hid in the subway systems when the air raid sirens sounded.